Sparks Regional Medical Center

Description

MISSION STATEMENT
Sparks Health Systems mission is to provide superior quality and comprehensive patientcentered health care services

VISION
Sparks Health Systems vision is to be known for excellence in the delivery of comprehensive medical services and to be an innovator of quality health services to benefit the communities we serve

VALUES
To fulfill the mission and support its vision Sparks Health System will

achieve optimal patient outcomes

provide a healthy work environment

support clinical excellence

foster collaborative relationships with other health care organizations

function as a good corporate citizen

support clinical research and educatio

History

Our History
1887 A stranger named Gerhardt is injured in an accident at the railroad yard He is taken to a boarding house and left The rector of St Johns Episcopal Church Rev George Degen finds him in a worsened condition with no one to care for him Degen collects 500 from merchants along Garrison Avenue rents a building and sets up a hospital It is named St Johns after the church people who established the hospital

1888 St Johns Church ladies form the Womans Board of Managers to help care for the patients

1888 St Johns Hospital moves to 302 North 2nd Streetthe old Atkinson home which has three rooms A portable house is added making space for 12 more beds A nurse training school opens

1890 On November 21 St Johns is incorporated by the state and a nineman board is established with Judge Isaac Parker as president

1892 St Johns moves to a better and more commodious building at the corner of 4th and Oak Street the former residence of L Rogers There are 10 large rooms and modern conveniences so the staff can handle 19 patients

1896 City Charity Hospital opens September 9 in a building on North 4th Street and organizes a training school for nurses

1899 St Johns and Charity consolidate under the name of Belle Point after the beautiful spot at the junction of the Arkansas and Poteau Rivers and move into a twostory house at North 10th and B Streets Mrs George Sparks suggested the name

1903 Belle Point moves into new twostory red brick building at 916 South 12th Street valued at 35000

1903 Twelve young ladies organize as a volunteer group and call themselves the Sparks Young Ladies Guild

1908 George Sparks bequeaths 25000 in memory of his wife Ann Dibrell Sparks and Belle Point changes its name to Sparks Memorial Hospital on June 2

1910 A new wing funded by Mr Sparks bequest is opened Sparks can care for 100 patients

1922 Sparks Auxiliary organizes through the efforts of Mrs H C King wife of a staff physician

1934 On April 2 Dr Charles Holt agrees to merge his private hospital also called St Johns with Sparks and takes over the management of Sparks

1945 Marvin Altman succeeds Dr Holt as administrator

1953 Sparks dedicates new 150bed facility at 1311 South I Street

1956 Sparks School of Radiologic Technology opens

1958 Sparks Manor a model for geriatric care opens

1966 Sparks builds East Wing and increases bed capacity to 326

1970 Sparks changes name to Sparks Health System

1971 Sparks dedicates West Wing making Sparks the largest hospital in Arkansas

1971 Sparks School of Nursing closes

1971 Sparks Foundation is organized to carry out longrange fund development

1972 Sparks inaugurates Heartmobile

1972 Sparks Board of Advisory Trustees is organized

1973 Marvin Altman is named president

1976 Sparks dedicates Julia Welch Yantis Spire gift from John Yantis in memory of his wife

1978 Charles Shuffield succeeds Altman as president

1979 Sparks opens Ambulatory Surgery Center and east patient tower

1984 Sparks Manor closes

1984 Stanley Evans Heart Institute is established as an umbrella for all heart services

1986 Sparks opens cogeneration plant to produce own electricity

1987 Sparks celebrates 100th anniversary

1988 Sparks opens the Mabee Health Fitness Complex which houses the Marvin Altman Fitness Center

1989 Sparks dedicates the Hennessy Cancer Institute

1990 Sparks dedicates the maternity pediatric and gynecological areas as The Nancy Orr Family Center

1990 The Heartmobile is retired

1991 Sparks expands Ambulatory Surgery Center and dedicates the R C Goodman Institute for Pain Management

1994 Labor delivery and recovery area is named the Kelsey Birthing Suite in honor of Dr J F Kelsey

1994 Sparks and HoltKrock Clinic establish PremierCare Health Systems

1996 Sparks completes new Education Center

1996 New gift shop is dedicated and renamed Jennifers at Sparks

1997 Sparks completes renovation of lobby and front of Medical Center

1997 Degen Chapel is renovated through a gift from Charlotte Donald in memory of her sister Zola Lancaster

1997 Nursing administration suite is dedicated as the Mr and Mrs Collier Wenderoth Sr Nursing Center

1997 Michael Helm succeeds Shuffield as president

1998 Sparks establishes Sparks Medical Foundation to keep doctors from leaving the area

1999 Education Center is named Charles Shuffield Education Center

1999 Sparks establishes the Sparks Health System a fully integrated healthcare delivery system

2000 Sparks opens Womens Center at Sparks Medical Plaza

2000 Sparks inaugurates the areas first totally bilingual medical clinic

2001 Sparks opens The Womens Center at Sparks

2001 CT heartscan is used as an effective screening tool for future heart disease

2002 Sparks doctors perform the regions first coronary brachytherapy radioactive seeds used to prevent reblockage of arteries

2002 The Womens Center becomes the first facility in the area and only the second in the state to introduce digital mammography

2002 Extensive renovationsexpansions are made to the Emergency Department Labor and Delivery MotherBaby and Nursery areas

2002 mealshome a homedelivered meal program is sponsored by Sparks Food and Nutrition Services and Sparks Home Health

2002 The Womens Group the first allwoman obstetricsgynecology practice in the area opens in Sparks Medical Plaza

2002 Kyphoplasty a minimally invasive procedure to provide relief from spinal compression fractures is introduced at Sparks

2003 Sparks is the first in Arkansas to acquire a computerized IV system that greatly reduces opportunities for potential medication errors

2003 Sparks introduces PET scanning services to the region PET is a valuable diagnostic tool for cancer and neurological studies

2003 Sparks embarks on exploration of possible new venture building a new hospital in a different locationwith Triad Hospitals of Plano Texas

2004 Sparks is the first hospital in Arkansas to achieve DiseaseSpecific Care certifications for stroke care and congestive heart failure from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations JCAHO

2004 After more than a year of talks Sparks proposed venture with Triad Hospitals is called off

2004 Sparks enters a hospital advisory services agreement with Triad subsidiary Quorum Health Resources QHR and chooses John A Guest of Houston as Sparks Health Systems new CEO

2006 Sparks introduces PETCT scanning services to the region PETCT merges the metabolic imaging of PET with the anatomical detail of CT to produce a more precise image

2006 The Sparks stroke and CHF programs are recertified by JCAHO

2006 Sparks breaks ground on the 404 million Sparks Renaissance Project a 142000squarefoot EmergencyCritical Care Center

2006 Eight Sparks primary care physicians achieve recognition in the National Council on Quality Assurance NCQA HeartStroke Recognition Program for meeting quality standards in the treatment of heartstroke patients They are the only physicians in Arkansas to attain the honor

2007 Sparks adds 64slice CT scanning and CT Angiography which provides a noninvasive means of acquiring highlydetailed images of the heart and coronary arteries

2007 Frederick D quotTedquot Woodrell of Florida a 30year veteran of healthcare administration is named as Sparks Health Systems new CEO

2007 Sparks successfully launches Stage 1 of Sparks OneChart a 17 million electronic medical record system

2008 Sparks opens the 404 million Sparks Renaissance Project a 142000squarefoot EmergencyCritical Care Center

2009 Sparks Health System is purchased by Health Management Associates a premier operator of 54 acute care hospitals in 15 states primarily in the southeast and southwest areas of nonurban America D Melody Trimble named one of HMAs CEOs of the Year in 2009 is named as Sparks Health Systems new CEO